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President Biden has signed the bill to force a sale of the video app or ban it. Now the law faces court challenges, a shortage of qualified buyers and Beijing’s hostility.

The company that has invested billions in generative A.I. pioneers like OpenAI says giant systems aren’t necessarily what everyone needs.

A report by Stanford researchers cautions that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children doesn’t have the resources to help fight the new epidemic.

To own a computer or smartphone — indeed, to engage with the digital world to any degree — is to be a mark. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed.

Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into circulation will cause the price of the cryptocurrency to skyrocket.

Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.

This year’s honor will go to Avi Wigderson, an Israeli-born mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who specializes in randomness.

The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today.

The start-up is sharing the technology, Voice Engine, with a small group of early testers as it tries to understand the potential dangers.

As legislation moves ahead that could eventually mandate a sale by the Chinese parent company ByteDance, hurdles include finding buyers.

Days before the former television anchor’s new talk show debuted, his deal combusted after an interview with the site’s owner, he said.

Lawmakers released internal emails detailing the company’s failed efforts to add staff to focus on the online safety of minors, hours before a hearing on the topic.

Revenue was up 18% in the latest quarter, the tech giant said, as investors look for signs that it’s beginning to profit from artificial intelligence.

WME said the partnership would help its clients get fake images of themselves removed or receive compensation for use of their likenesses.

The hackers appeared to be trying to learn what the company knew about them, a regulatory filing said.

The deal was the latest sign of changes in the tech sector, as artificial intelligence booms and sales of some hardware slows.

They quietly became the de facto spaces to share dumb jokes, grief or even plans for an insurrection.

Alexander Reben is taking his tech-savvy perspective to OpenAI, a company that some in the art world believe is a threat to their future.